Bill Text: OR HB2284 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to educational performance reports.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2284 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2284-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 1422

                         House Bill 2284

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Education)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Specifies high school completion data to be included in school
performance reports.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to educational performance reports; amending ORS
  329.105.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 329.105 is amended to read:
  329.105. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
collect data and produce annual school district and school
performance reports containing information on student
performance, student behavior and school characteristics. The
purpose of the performance reports is to provide information to
parents and to improve schools through greater parental
involvement.
  (2)(a) In consultation with representatives of parents,
teachers, school district boards and school administrators, the
State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule, criteria for
identifying outstanding schools, satisfactory schools and schools
in need of improvement. Such criteria shall take into account
student performance, improvement in student performance, the
participation rate of students on the statewide assessments,
student attendance rates and graduation rates. The Superintendent
of Public Instruction, based on the criteria adopted by the State
Board of Education, shall assign a rating to each school that
identifies the school as outstanding, satisfactory or in need of
improvement.
  (b) The ratings received by a school shall be included in the
school district and school performance reports.
  (c) If a school is designated as in need of improvement, the
school shall file a school improvement plan with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and with the school district
board.
  (d) The Department of Education shall work with stakeholders to
design and implement an accountability system of progressive
interventions for and provide technical assistance to schools and
school districts that do not demonstrate improvement.
  (3) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall include in
the school performance reports data for the following areas, for
each school, that are available to the Department of Education
from the most recent school year:
  (a) Enrollment in English as a second language courses under
ORS 336.079;
  (b) Attendance rates;
  (c) School safety, such as expulsions involving weapons in the
school;
  (d) Disaggregated data on students who met or exceeded the
academic content standards established by the board;
    { - (e) Dropout rates and the number of students who dropped
out of school; - }
   { +  (e) High school completion rates and the number of
students who:
  (A) Were awarded a high school diploma in four or fewer years;
  (B) Were awarded a high school diploma in five or more years;
  (C) Were awarded a modified diploma;
  (D) Were awarded an extended diploma;
  (E) Were awarded an alternative certificate;
  (F) Earned a General Education Development (GED) certificate;
  (G) Dropped out of school without receiving any of the diplomas
or certificates identified in subparagraphs (A) to (F) of this
paragraph; or
  (H) No longer qualified to receive a public education and did
not meet the requirements for any of the diplomas or certificates
identified in subparagraphs (A) to (F) of this paragraph; + }
  (f) Parent and community involvement such as volunteer hours;
  (g) The percentage of classes taught by a teacher identified as
highly qualified under rules adopted by the United States
Department of Education; and
  (h) School staff, identified by category.
  (4) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall include in
the school district performance reports data for the following
areas, for each school district, that are available to the
Department of Education from the most recent school year:
  (a) Resident students who attend a public school in another
school district;
  (b) Facilities used for distance learning;
  (c) Election results of any bond levy proposed to the electors
of the district;
  (d) Expenditures;
  (e) Level of support from the education service district;
  (f) Administrators not assigned to a specific school;
  (g) School district staff, identified by category; and
  (h) Students who are eligible for special education.
  (5) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the
public and the media by January 30 of each year that school
district and school performance reports are available at schools
and school districts and at the Department of Education website
and offices. The superintendent shall also include notice that
copies of school improvement plans and district continuous
improvement plans can be obtained from school and school district
offices. Each school district shall send a copy of the school
district and applicable school performance reports to each parent
of a child enrolled in a public school in the school district.
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